Chapter 157: Chaos Again
On this night, many people in King Yi's mansion had no intention of falling asleep and stayed awake all night......
Soon, it was the second day.
In today's Daqin, married women have the custom of returning to their parents' homes on the second day of the first lunar month to pay New Year's greetings.
Early in the morning, Xiao Jiang sent Bai Ai over and asked Su Wanqing about the day's itinerary.
Although Xiao Jiang has also married a wife, because his mother's family is far away in Nanling, it takes time to go back and forth, and he is busy with the New Year, since he married Su Mu, he rarely goes back to his parents' house to pay New Year's greetings. Now, Su Wanqing is married, and as an elder, Xiao Jiang has no intention of returning to Nanling, just waiting for Su Wanqing to return home.
Su Wanqing knew Xiao Jiang's intentions, so even though she was worried about Su Yuanyi's next plan in the plague matter, she had no reason not to return to the Taiwei Mansion.
Su Wanqing thought about it, and asked Hongfu to go to the Nine Courtyards to ask for instructions to see what Su Yuanyi meant.
Seeing this, Bai Ai couldn't help but be a little puzzled, but he didn't ask too much.
Su Wanqing knew what she was not understanding, according to common sense, in King Yi's mansion, Shen Qingyi was the main room, Su Yuanyi, the uncle, naturally wanted to accompany her back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Su Wanqing, as a side room, usually only needed to be informed, and that's it.
After all, during the Chinese New Year, ordinary men will not stop these for no reason, and it is for nothing to provoke the disharmony of the inner courtyard and the displeasure of the in-laws.
It's just that Su Wanqing is now being treated coldly by Su Yuanyi, and she can't figure out his temperament, and she doesn't want to be stopped when she goes out, so she went to ask for permission in advance.
After a while, Hongfu came back, and there was obviously a little uneasiness between her eyebrows, "Back to the master, the slave didn't see the prince." Heard...... The prince doesn't seem to be in the mansion at this time. ”
Su Wanqing was slightly stunned when she heard this.
Su Yuanyi left the house suddenly, and he only got the news of Yandong last night. This timing can't help but give people some thoughts.
Su Wanqing raised her eyes and glanced at Hongfu and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"The slave maid has just come out of the west courtyard. On the way to the Nine Courtyards, I saw that everyone in the house was trembling, and the atmosphere was very unusual, so I asked someone to ask about it, and I learned that as soon as the sky dawned this morning, the prince entered the palace without saying a word, and the princess went to the Nine Courtyards and couldn't find anyone, so she was furious, and now everyone in the house is in danger. For fear of being implicated in anger. Hongfu looked at Su Wanqing with a deep meaning in her eyes, but she only talked about the topic to Shen Qingyi, and did not say her speculation about Su Yuanyi's entry into the palace in public.
Su Wanqing was thoughtful when she heard this, was silent for a moment, and asked Bai Ai to take the message back to the Taiwei Mansion first, saying that she would leave later.
Bai Ai got the letter, did not stay for a long time, and soon bowed and retired.
An hour later, Su Wanqing also took the carriage back to Taiwei's Mansion.
"Master. As soon as the slave heard that the prince had entered the palace in the morning, she went to the outer courtyard to see that Li Shun's house door was locked. I'm afraid that he was also brought into the palace. When Su Wanqing left the house, she told Biwu and Lan Shu to stay and wait for the news of Su Yuanyi's return to the house, and only brought Hongfu with her. At the moment, there were only two masters and servants in the carriage, and Hongfu no longer had any scruples when she spoke.
Li Shun was involved. Their conjecture last night was completely confirmed.
"Yes. I thought it would be so, too. Su Wanqing sighed secretly in her heart, raised her eyes to look at Hongfu, and saw that she looked like she wanted to say something, and said slowly: "Yandong, you don't have to worry too much, Chen Jianzhi's medical skills are so clever, I think he will be able to keep himself safe." ”
Hongfu lowered her eyes and moved her lips, but in the end she didn't say anything.
When Su Wanqing's carriage arrived at the Taiwei Mansion, there happened to be a guest visiting the mansion.
The person who came was a minister who was an official in the same dynasty as Su Mu.
Since the Taiwei Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion were inseparable in the court, Su Mu gradually began to change the way of doing things that did not intersect with the official eunuchs in the past, and some courtiers in the court who had been suppressed by the Shen family all the year round and could not bear it, considering that the Taiwei Mansion was also quite rooted in Daqin, many of them had the idea of taking refuge. Although most of them are still secretly watching the situation, there are already a few that have begun to try to deal with the Taiwei Mansion.
Su Wanqing has always been very clear about the actions of the Taiwei Mansion, and she didn't feel strange when she heard that Su Mu and Su Linlu were entertaining guests in the outer courtyard, so she planned to go to the Xiao Jiang Courtyard first and greet her for the New Year.
Walking in the Taiwei Mansion, Su Wanqing felt the atmosphere of the New Year for the first time in this year.
The maids who came and went were full of energy, and when they saw Su Wanqing, they all came forward happily to greet them, and they would also say auspicious words to ask for a reward, and they even wanted more with a sweet mouth, and their attitude was natural and intimate, which made Su Wanqing's heart warm a lot.
These, Su Wanqing was actually used to it in previous years, maybe it was because she was so small, it was no wonder, she never felt that there was anything precious about it in the past, but now that she has been in the depressing place of Yiwangfu for a long time, she feels that this freedom is so rare, like a stranded fish back in the water, and the whole person seems to be inadvertently relieved.
Su Wanqing scattered the silver all the way, and finally arrived in Xiao Jiang's room and bowed for the New Year.
During these days, she and Xiao Jiang were alone not less, and the two of them sat in the same room, and there would not be an embarrassing and cold situation like in the past.
As she spoke, the topic inevitably touched on the Su family's ancestral house, and Su Wanqing took the opportunity to ask about the situation in the inner courtyard today.
Xiao Jiang smiled when he heard this, "Even if you don't ask, I was about to tell you that a few days ago, something happened over there." ”
As he spoke, Xiao Jiang glanced at Mama Zhan on the side, and began to concentrate on drinking tea.
Mama Zhan received the eyes of her master, and said: "It's not, the old lady's temperament, you also know the side concubine, the most uneasy house, in order to calm the incident, the old lady sent the maid who was bought by the third lady next to the fourth young master to lift her feet out, and repeatedly ordered that no one in the house was allowed to mention the old things, but I didn't expect that the Su Mansion was calm on the surface, but in fact the situation was more tense, and now not only the big house and the third room, but even the people in the fourth room were also involved, It's hard to give up. ”
Su Wanqing was puzzled: "Four rooms? ”
Xiao Jiang smiled and corrected gently: "It's not your fourth aunt, it's Aunt Yu." ”
Su Wanqing glanced at Xiao Jiang, hesitated for a moment, and muttered: "What's going on, it's so decent, how can she get involved?" ”
Xiao Jiang had some incomprehensible meaning in his eyes, and saw that Su Wanqing did not answer, but only motioned to Mama Zhan to continue and explain the reason to her.
The moment Su Wanqing met Xiao Jiang's gaze, a blank flashed in her mind.
Xiao Jiang's eyes, since she went back to the Su Mansion, Su Wanqing had seen it many times, but it was not until this time that she realized the meaning.
Su Wanqing asked herself, since the eyeliner planted by the Xiao Jiang family in the Su Mansion could detect the small movements of the ladies in the inner courtyard, how many of her deployments could completely conceal the little Jiang family?
Thinking about it, Xiao Jiang would look at her like this, I am afraid that she already knows that she has done something in it. (To be continued.) )